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Whatever your opinion of Rick Schaeffer, you have to admit the guy believes he bleeds red because of his love for Arkansas sports.
He’s put together a terrific book called Game of My Life: 25 Stories of Arkansas Razorbacks Football. Quite frankly, I had a hard time putting it down after I started reading.
As the title indicates, the book covers 25 games. Rick sets the context and then features a player from the game who provides a first-person account. The game story is completed with a recap of what the player did after leaving school and a bit of a ‘where are they now’ story.
Some of the greatest games in Razorback history are covered. Players featured include Matt Jones, Clint Stoerner, Gary Anderson, Ron Calcagni, Quinn Grovey, Joe Ferguson, Madre Hill, Chuck Dicus and a host of others.
While the ’69 Texas game and Bill Montgomery are missing, you get to relive the ’65 Texas game and that great final drive from the viewpoint of wide receiver Bobby Crockett. (That game is particularly memorable for me as it was the reason for the new color TV that arrived in our living room just days before.)
Yes, J.J. Meadors insists in the book that he caught the ball against Alabama. And reading the viewpoint of Barry Lunney about his freshman start against Tennessee brought to mind Mitch Mustain and some of the emotions he had to be feeling this year.
These are great stories. If nothing else, it was great to read Clint admitting that he did actually change the play that Houston Dale sent in against Tennessee in 1999 from an out to a post. Clint’s story is an especially moving one that is not to be missed.
“Game of My Life” is now available in the RazorBloggers Network Store.